Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-10


OF the United States mills this year is
s,O7l, 600 tons. Nearly 100000 tons have
already been contracted for.
THE factory of the Nottingham Hosiery
Company at Loughborough, England, has
been destroyed by fire. Loss, 100000
SIX Thousand coal miners of Fife and
Clackmannan Counties, Scotland, have
struck for an advance in wages
THE British ship Kapunda, which left Lon
don December IL for Fremantle. W esternAu-
STRATA, came into collision, near the coast of
Brazil, with the British bark Ada Aelmore
and was sunk Three hundred Of those on
board were drowned. The remainder were
saved and have arrived at Bahia The Ka-
punda was an iron ship of 1,0S4 tons, com
| manded by Captain Mason The vessel
with which the Kapunda collided also went
to the bottom All told, 304 persons were
drowned.
THE British Government has granted a
subsidy to the White Star Steamship Com
pany for the use of the steamers of that
line as armed transports in the event of
war The agreement includes stipulation
that the White Star Company shall build
several fast vessels in accordance with dc
signs furnished by the Admiralty.
THE Knights of Labor have offered re
ward of $500 for the detection of the person
or persons who attempted to destroy the
Old Dominion steamer Guyandotte- Presi-
dent McCready. of the Old Dominion line
has also offered reward of $4,000 for the
arrest and conviction of the miscreant.
PREMIER DEPRETIs, in the Italian Cham
Der on the 1st, announced the complete de
feat of the Italian forces and their allies
near Massowah. Great excitement fol-
lowed, the Chamber Immediately granting
credit of 81, 5000
By the advice of counsel the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company has decided to
cease the issue of all complimentary passes
as soon as the Interstate Commerce bill
goes into effect. The decision applies to
every species of free travel.
THERE was panic the Paris Bourse
on the 1st, caused by war rumors. Rentes
fell but recovered later in the day
QUEEN VICTORIA witnessed theatrical
performance in the council chamber of tn
palace at Osborne, recently, for the first
time since the death of Prince Albert.
THE Sultan of Morocco has refused to
sign commercial treaties with England,
France and Germany until the abuses arts
ing from the foreign protection of natives
are removed.
IT was reported that the Italians were de-
feated by Abyssinians near Massowah in
the Soudan.
THE Paris newspaper lie Temps refuses tc
regard as serious the attacks of the Ger
man papers upon France, and says they are
due to the electoral game, the issue of
which will be the triumph of Imperialism
or parliamentarianism.
NUMEROUS priests, jurists and other resi-.
dents of Sligo, Ireland, have signed pro
test against the exclusion of Catholics from
the jury box. They ask their representa-
tives in the House of Commons to call the
attention of Parliament to the matter.
A DISPATCH from Rome says the consist
DRY will be held the 9TH of March, that the
Popes allocution will affirm with increased
emphasis the principle of the temporal
power of the Church.
THE Queen of Belgium recently heard by
telephone the rendition of Faust at the
Paris Opera House.
The Simla 1ndia) Bank has suspended.
Arrangements for voluntary liquidation
were made and it was expected depositors
would be paid in full.
THE Limerick Qreland) municipal coun.
Gil has refused to celebrate the Queens
jubilee on the ground that the Queen has
visited Ireland only twice, and never as
sisted Irish charities.
KING GEORGE opened Parliament on the
Sd at Athens, Greece. IN his speech he
said that at present the foreign relations OF
Greece were normal, and on that account
the State was enabled to attend to its home
affairs.
THERE was intense excitement on the
London Stock Exchange on the afternoon
of the Sd and at the close of the market E
panicky feeling prevailed. The unfavora
BILE state of the market was due chiefly tt
the reports of heavy failures in the Paris
BourSe.